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WeBuyAnyCar (lemm.ee)
submitted 3 months ago by sag@lemm.ee to c/internetfuneral@lemmy.world
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[-] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 56 points 3 months ago

Some people just don't know how to have fun

[-] magic_lobster_party@kbin.run 23 points 3 months ago

I’m sure they had loads of fun writing this.

[-] Gork@lemm.ee 42 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Mr. Jones should proudly frame this and put it on his wall. It is a masterpiece.

[-] qevlarr@lemmy.world 29 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

you sent the request purely to waste our time

What? Waste your--? No, man, no..... Really, no!

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 27 points 3 months ago

False advertising, lol

[-] ID411@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 3 months ago

The correct response would be to offer to swap it for an Action Man figure.

[-] Hupf@feddit.de 9 points 3 months ago

Or pay out in Monopoly money

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 4 points 3 months ago

Mr. Jones,

After due consideration, we have come to the conclusion the logistics of shipping make this purchase infeasible.

However, if you are able to transport this vehicle to our headquarters on your end, we are prepared to offer $3.50 in quarters for your vehicle.

Then, if the guy delivers, pay the man out of your own pocket. Turn it into a PR stunt and games some pictures of it in the parking lot before sending it home with an employee who has a kid. If the guy just reposts the response, your company looks fun without losing the professional veneer.

Even now, it's not too late to offer about $2.50 for one of these cars

[-] Creosm@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

Seems they actually don't buy any car

[-] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

If this is a US company, sue them

[-] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I only do this as I like to learn new things myself and appreciate if people correct me.

You made a mistake in choosing to use an over a.

The way you can decide which one to use is by looking at the proceeding words first syllable sound. If it has a vowel sound you use an if it doesn’t, then you use a. It’s important to note it’s vowel sound and not just a vowel.

Examples:

  • A teacher
  • An apple
  • A car
  • An hour (note it starts with a vowel sound, but not a vowel)
  • A US company
  • An excellent teacher
[-] dogsnest@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Teach me about the very common "an historical" usage, master!

[-] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Some people say it like "an -istorical"

It's istory init?

[-] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

A historical would be the correct usage, but it seems to be a generational thing where some people may still use an historical.

Edit: I was curious and so I found this source explaining more about the usage

[-] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 3 points 3 months ago
[-] Hupf@feddit.de 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
[-] radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Think about the great publicity this would have brought for practically nothing had they played along and even made him an offer on the toy car?

I know that they sometimes say "any publicity is good publicity", but I wouldn't want to use their service now that I know they can't roll with a joke.

[-] lessthanluigi@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago
[-] TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

We certainly know what kind of car he has.

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

I mean it worked lol

[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I don't get this community. My post 2 weeks ago was deleted for being a "meme", but this one straight out of r/funny stays up?

[-] btr_fan87@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I also feel this post doesn't fit this community. Confusion and disagreement about what fits is unfortunate but very natural because it's hard to define exactly what posts on this sub should be.

The owner once described this community as c/hmmm with text, and even though that should exclude this particular post, it still doesn't really seem to fully encapsulate the feeling evoked by the majority of posts here. IMO, ideal posts to this community also invoke nostalgia and utilize surrealism.

My best guess is that this post accrued a substantial number of upvotes before being noticed by the community moderators. Then, because the community responded so well to the post, it was left up despite breaking the normal guidelines.

[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 months ago

They deleted my post at over 300, so they aren't afraid to do that.

[-] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Well the pic is gone, isn't it?

[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 months ago

That's funny, I can still see it on my instance.

[-] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Interesting, it's there when I click the link but Boost can't load it.

Yeah it's kind of a meme and not worthy of internetfuneral

[-] btr_fan87@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I'm conflicted because I like this post but also feel it does not fit this community.

[-] groucho@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 months ago

Next steps: remove roof, re-submit as "Red convertible (compact)."

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